Ibibio is the native language of the Ibibio people of southern Nigeria. It is the official language of Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria in the Cross River State region. It is a language of the Niger-Congo family. The name Ibibio is also used for Ibibio-Efik. The 60 Cross River languages are situated around the Cross river in south eastern Nigeria and westward towards the Niger Delta. The largest of these languages is Ibibio, which with its written cousin, Efik, has some 3,500, 000 speakers. (Britannica Online Encyclopaedia)